Fabrication of ornamented sheet surfacing materials



10, 1929. ELIAS 1,738,596

' FABRICATION OF ORNAMENTED SHEET SURFACING MATERIALS Filed Dec. 27, 1926 2 sheets sheet l MI 4 .4. z

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V/l/l/JIVAI Patented Dec. 1

MAX ELIAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF T0 ABRAHAM L. NEBEL,

' 0F CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO FABRICATION or ORNAMENTED S H EE'1 SURFACING MATERIALS Application filed December 27, 1926. Serial No. 157,203. I

This invention relates to the fabrication of ornamented sheet surfacing materials made of wood, fibre, casein, rubber, composition, molded phenol-condensation products or celluloid, for forming decorative trimmings for brushes, mirrors, buttons, cuff links, boxes, gameboards, and other articles.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved process for fabricating ornamental sheet surfacing materials of the character described which shall be simple and easy to carry out.v

Another object of the invention is to pro.- vide a process for fabricating material of the character described whereby a large and varied selection of ornamental surface designs is made available. I

A further object of the invention is to provide a process of the character described, which is relatively cheap to carry out, and practical and eflicient to ahigh degree.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicatedin the following claims.

n the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the variops possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Figs. 1 to 12, inclusive, are plan views showingithe progressive steps in forming a square-checked design of ornamental surfacing material made in accordance with the invention.

Fi s. 13 to 18, inclusive, are plan views showing the principal steps of the improved method informing an elaborate squarechecked design of ornamental surfacing material.

Figs. 19 and 20 are plan and side views, respectively, showing a four-colored, double-faced, checked design of-surfacing material.

Figs. 21 and 22 are p1an.and side views,

respectively, showing a three-colored, dou- 'ble-faced, checked design of ornamental surfacing material made by the process of f the present invention.

Figs. 23 and 24 are plan views of a dia.-...

mond and wave design of ornamental surfacing material made by said process.

Figs. 25, 26 and 27 are perspective views of a cufi' -link, a toilet brush, and a button respectively having incorporated in their structure the. improved surfacingmaterial.

The improved method of fabricating or namented sheet surfacing materials embodying the invention may be carried out with sheets of wood, fibre, casein, rubber, composition, molded phenol-condensate products, or celluloid. In each case, the sheets selected to carry out the improved process I should have different surface texture vor color so as to give contrasting effects in the design as will hereinafter more fully appear. The improved process of fabrication using celluloid sheets will now be described.

Referring in detail to the drawings, 10 and 11 denote two blank pieces of sheet celluloid having suitable contrasting surface texture or color; for example 10 may be red, and 11 may be blue. These sheets 10 and 11' are heated until they are in .semiplastic condition so that they are. more readily worked on and then they are punched or cut and severed along the zigzag lines 20 and 21, respectively, as shown in Figs. land 7 in any suitable manner, as

' by means of any well known comb-tooth cutting device.

The pieces 10 and 11 are then separated at the cut or punched portions along said lines 20 and 21, respectively, to form complementary portions 10, 10 and 11, 11' respect tively, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8. Sai I portions 10 and 10" are seen to comprise similar strips 10 and 10, respectively,

which are parallelly disposed and are uni-- 4 formly spaced a distance equal to the width of a strip as indicated at 10 and 10, respectively. The spaces 10 correspond to the material forming the strips 10 and the spaces 10 correspond to the material form ing the strips 10 so that there is no loss or waste of material. Said strips 10 and 10 are preferably interconnected so as to remain in spaced relation by the marginal portion 10 and 10, 10 connecting the strips 10 and 10 connecting the strips 10. In a similar manner, the portions 11 and 11 are formed with strips 11 and 11, respectively separated by spaces 11 and 11 corresponding to portions 10 and 10 respectively, said portions 11 and 11 including .marginal interconnectingportions 11 and 11 respectively, which correspond to portions 10 and 10.

The portion 10 is fitted to complementary portion 11 and portion 10 to its complementary portion 11 and the parts are united, as shown in Figs. 3 and 9, by any well known suitable means. Since the materials being worked on are celluloid, an acetone or other cement may be used as the adhesive.

The sheets 13 and 14 while heated are again punched or cut. and severed along zig-zag lines 30 and 31 respectively for making strips 13 and 13 extending transversely of the strips 10 and 10, as shown in Figs. 4and 10, respectively, in a manner similar to that described above for the sheets 10 and 11. The sheets 13 and 14 are then separated at the cut portions along said lines 30 and 31, respectively, to form complementary portions-13, 13 and 14 14 respectively, as shown in Figs. 5 and 11, respectively. Said portions 13 and .13 then comprise similar strips 13 and 13 respectively, which are parallelly disposed and are uniformly spaced as indicated at 13 and 13, respectively. The spaces 13 correspond to the material forming the strips 13 and the spaces 13 correspond to the materials forming the strips 13 so that again there is no loss or waste of material. Said strips 13 and 1.3 are left preferably interconnected in spaced relation by the marginal portions 13* and 13 13 connecting the strips 13, and 13 connecting the strips 13, the remaining marginal portions 10 and 11 forming edge strips on portions 13 and 13 respectively, and marginal portions 11 and 11 forming edge strips on portions 14 and 14. Ina similar manner, the portions 14 and 14 are formed with strips 14 and 14 respectively separated by spaces 14 and 14 corresponding in shape and size to the strips 13 and 13, respectively. Each of said strips 13, 13, 14 and 14 is thus formed of a row of contrasting square sections, r representing red and 6, blue.

Portion 13. is next fitted to the complementary portion 14 and portion 13 to complementary portion 14 and the parts united y the same adhesive process as applied 1n forming the sheets 13 and 14 described above to form integral checked sheets 15 and 16,

respectively, as shown in Figs. 6 and 12. It

is essential to the formation of a check design that the contiguous sections or squaresof the adjoining strips align in Contrasting relation. Thus, by the simple process described above, the two square checked ornamental sheets 15 and 16 are formed which may be used as a decorative surface trimming for toilet articles, cuff links, and buttons, such as shown in Figs. 25, 26 and 27, respectively.

The complete process of fabricating the ornamented sheet surfacing material above described is begun with two blank pieces of sheet celluloid 10 and 11 from which the integral striped sheets 13 and 14 are formed. It is tobe understood, however, that said striped sheets may be made up in any other suitable manner and the process carried through by the steps described above after forming said striped sheets 13 and'.14.

It is apparent that the process described above may also be carried out by dividing the sheets 10, 11 or 13, 14 into separate strips disconnected from each other and then assembling them in their proper relation instead of forming the complementary portions as described. By providing the marginal interconnection in forming the complementary sheet portions, the assembling of the latter to form the striped or checked design sheets is facilitated. It is also obvious that a selective large variety of color combinations may be had by carrying out the process using more than two differently colored blank sheets to start with or by using double-faced sheets I 110 111 and 111 respectively, as shown in Figs. 13 and 16, respectively, in the same manner as described above for the celluloid sheets 10 and 11. comprise complementary portions 110 and 110 which include strips 110 and 110 extending from marginal portion 110 and strips 110 extending from marginal portion 110*, said strips being. parallelly disposed. The piece 111 comprising complementary portions 111 and 111 include strips 111 and 111 extending from marginal portion 111 and strips 111 from marginal portion The strips 110 and 110 are not identical in width but they are arranged in regular sequence between spaces left by the removal of strips 110. Likewise, the strips 111 and 111 are made unequal in width and are separated from each other by the space The piece 110 is seen to the sheet 110, res

left by removing the strips 111 to correspond with the strips 110, 110 and 110 of ctively.

In Figs. 14 an 17, the integral striped sheets 113 and 114, respectively, are shown which are formed by umting by an adhesive process the complementary portions 110 with 110, and 111 with 110, respectively, in a manner similar to forming sheets 13 and 14 in the process described above. These sheets 113 and 114 while heated are again punched or cut and severed alon the zigzag lines 130 and 131 transversely of the strips 110 and 111 respectively, for making strips 113 and 113 and 113 on sheet 113 and strips 114, 114 and 114 on sheet 114 transversely of the strips 110 and 111, respectively. The sheets 113 and 114 when separated at the cut portlon along the lines 130 and 131, respectively,

form the complementary portions 113, 113

' and 114, 114, respectively. The portion 113 includes the strips 113 and 113, the portion 113 includes the strips 113. The complementary. portion 114 includes the, strips 114 and 114 and the portion 114 includes the strips 114. Said strips 113, 113 and 113 are preferably left interconnected 1n spaced relation by the marginal portions 113 and 113, respectively, the remain ng marginal portions 110' and 110 forming edge strips on the edge portions 113* and 113,

respectively, and marginal portions 111 and 111 forming edge stripspn portions 114 and 114. Each of said strips 113, 113, 114 and 114 is thus formed of a row of contrast-, ing sections, rectangular or square, 'rlrepresenting red and 1) representing blue. The complementary portions 113 and 114 are fitted together and complementary portion 114 fitted to the complementary portlon 114, after which they are united by the-same adhesive process as described" above to form the elaborate integral checked design sheets 115 and 116, respectively, as shownin Figs. 15 and 18, respectively. It is essential for forming the checked design that the contiguous rectangular or cross-sections of the adjoining strips be aligned in contrasting relation. Thus, by the'simple process described "above, two checked ornamental sheets 115 and 116 are formed which may be used as a decorative surfacing trimming for toilet articles andthe like.

In Figs. 19 and 20 are shown plan and side views, respectively, of a four-colored, doublefaced, checked design of ornamental surfacing material made by the improved method. This sheet material is formed by using double-faced sheets having contrasting colors on each side andhniting same in the manper described above. It is apparent that each side of the finished sheets may be formed with two, three or four colors by simply mathis construction, the finished sheet may be formed to have two, or three colors on each side.

Figs. 23 and 24 are plan views of diamond and wave shaped ornamental surfacing ma terial made by the improved method, the

strips in the latter case being cut to' have serpentine edges and the diamond shaped pattern being formed by cutting the strips in parallel acute angular or diagonal instead of rectangular relation, as shown for sheets 15 and 16.

In Fig. 25, the cuff link shown is provided with a checked ornamental surfacing material, such as formed by the first process described. Fig. 26 shows a toilet brush which has incorporated in the back a surface ornamentation, such as formed from the sheet material similar to that shown in Figs. 19

and 20.- Fig. 27 shows a head or button which is formed from checked materials such as' made in accordance with the first example of .the process above described.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well 1 adapted to meet the conditions of practical use. L

As various ossible embodiments might be made of the a ove invention, and as various changes might be made inthe embodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. Steps in the art of fabricating a sheet surfacing material of the character described from a sheet formed of alternate contrasting strip portions, consisting in cutting the sheet into spaced strips transversely of the length of said portions to leave said strips interconnected along one of their ends so that each strip comprises a row of contrasting sections, and uniting. said interconnected strips to other strips similarly formed into an integral sheet withthe contiguous sections of the adj oinlng strips in aligned contrasting relation.

2. Eateps in the art of. fabricating a sheet surfacin material of the character described from a s eet formed of alternate contrasting strip portions, consisting in cutting the sheet into spaced strips of non-uniform width transversely of the length of said portions to leave said strips interconnected along one --materials of the character described consisting in cutting a plurality of sheets of contrasting material into sets of complementary portions having spaced strips interconnected along one of their ends, forming a plurality of integral sheets with the complementary portions with said strips arranged in alternate contrasting relation, cutting the last mentioned sheets transversely of the length of the strips into a second set of complementary portions having spaced strips interconnected along one of their ends so that each of the strips in the latter set comprises a row of contrasting sections, and uniting said second sets of complementary strips to form integral sheets with the contiguous sections of the adjoining strips in aligned contrasting relation.

4. The art of fabricating sheet surfacing materials of the character described consisting in cutting a plurality of sheets of contrasting material into sets of complementary portions having spaced strips interconnected along one of their ends, forming a plurality of integral sheets with the comple-' mentary-portions with said strips arranged in alternate contrasting relation, cutting the last mentioned sheets transversely of the length of the strips into a second set of complementary portions having spaced strips interconnected along one of their ends so that.

each of the strips in the later set comprises a row of contrasting sections, making at least two of said strips of unequal width, and uniting said second sets of complementary strips to form integral sheets with the contiguous sections of the adjoining strips in aligned contrasting relation.

' 5. Steps in the art of fabricating'a surfacing material of the character described con sisting in forming a plurality of sheets of contrasting material into corresponding complementary portions, each com-prising mterconnected spaced strips, and uniting pairs of said complementary portions f contrasting material to form integral striped sheets.

6. The art of fabricating a sheet surfacing material of the character described consisting in forming a plurality of sheets of contrasting material into pairs of corresponding complementary portions, each portion to comprise interconnected spaced strips, uniting said complementary portions of contrasting material in pairsto form a plurality of striped sheets forming the latter into pairs of corresponding complementary portions so that each portion comprises interconnected spaced strips, each of the latter strips to have a row of contrasting sections, and uniting the last mentioned complementary portions in pairs to form integral sheets with the contiguous sections of the adjoining strips in aligned contrasting relation.

7 Steps in the art of fabricating a sheet surfacing material of the character described from a sheet formed of alternate contrasting diagonally disposed strip portions, consisting in cutting the sheet into spaced strips diagonally with respect to the length of said portions to leave said strips interconnected along one of their ends so that each strip comprises a row of diamond shaped sections, and uniting said interconnecting strips to other strips similarly formed into an integral sheet with the contiguous sections of the adjoining strips in aligned contrasting relation.

8. The art of fabricating a sheet surfacing material of the character described consisting in cutting a plurality of sheets of contrasting material into serpentine-shaped striped portions from an integral sheet with said serpentine portions arranged in alternate contrasting relation, cutting the last mentioned sheet transversely of the length of said portions into a set of serpentine shaped strips whereby each strip in the set comprises a row of contrasting sections, and uniting said serpentine strips to form an integral sheet with the contiguous sections of the adjoining strips in aligned contrasting relation.

' 9. Steps in the art of fabricating a sheet surfacing material of the character described from a sheet formed of alternate contrasting serpentine shaped striped portions consisting in cutting the sheet in spaced serpentineshaped strips transverse the length of said portions to leave said strips interconnected along one of their ends and so that each strip comprises a row of contrasting sections, and uniting said interconnected serpentineshaped strips to other strips similarly formed into an integral sheet with the contiguous sections of the adjoning strip in aligned contrasting relation.

10. The art of fabricating sheet surfacing materials of the character described consisting in softening a plurality of sheets of con trasting material by the application of heat, cutting said sheets into sets of complementary portions having spaced strips interconnected along one of their ends, forming a plurality of integral sheets with the complementary portions with said strips arranged in alternate contrasting relation, cutting the last mentioned sheets transversely of the length of the strips into a second set of complementary 11. Steps in the art of fabricating a sheet surfacing material of the character describedconsisting in softening sheets of contrasting material by the application of heat, forming said sheets into corresponding complementary portions each portion comprising interconnected spaced strips, and uniting pairs of said complementary portions of contrasting material to form integral striped sheets.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

- MAX ELIAS. 

